Monday, September 14, 2009

Meat(less) Loaf and Potatoes

The Chef: Lyndsay

The Menu: A yummy, meat-free meatloaf, courtesy of Field Roast Grain Meat Company, which Lyndsay topped with the traditional ketchup and then slathered in a homemade gravy. Where did she find a recipe for gravy? That would be over on VegWeb.com, of course! Her green salad was lovely as ever, and you might have noticed some seriously thick-cut potatoes up towards the top of the plate. Those would be the Three Spice Potatoes from the new VeganYumYum cookbook!

The Goods: So, it would probably be really mean of us to tell you that we just happen to have five copies of this long-awaited cookbook here in the office, and not give them away, right? Good news! We're totally giving them away! We'll do one each day this week, and we'll be featuring a recipe from the book every day at lunch. For today's copy, tell us in the comments: What vegan cookbook can you absolutely not live without?

53 comments:

I absolutely cannot live without "Please Don't Feed the Bears" printed by Microcosm in Portland, OR. For me, cookbooks serve as inspiration, not as something that has to be followed to the letter, and this one inspires me to no end! Thanks for letting me share :)

Vegan with a Vengeance is definitely the book I use the most right now, but if I were stranded on a desert island...or more practically when I was in college and studied in Russia, the Farm Cookbook was my savior. Simple ingredients, simple recipes.

I was going to say Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, but cupcakes aren't a food group, are they??:-)

My go to cookbook is How it all Vegan by Sarah Kramer. It was one of the first vegan cookbooks I bought and really helped me at a time when I didn't have a lot of time to cook. It has lots of quick, tasty and healthy recipes and even though I've accumulated quite a few since, this one still has some of my favourite recipes.

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World! No other book could have shown how awesome vegans and their delish recipes are as well as that one. Whenever there's a party for one of my HS classes, I open that baby up, get a bit carried away, and come to class the next day with the best goddamn cupcakes you've ever seen.

"Vegan With a Vengeance." Sure, it's simple, but it's the sort of thing you can whip out, flip to any given page, and have something awesomely delicious whipped up in minutes. My copy is dog-eared and food-stained, but I can't live without it!

Do I really have to choose just one? There are so many great vegan cookbooks around! Actually, I suspect the one I won't be able to live without is soon to be coming out: that would be "500 Vegan Recipes: An Amazing Variety of Delicious Recipes, From Chilis and Casseroles to Crumbles, Crisps and Cookies" by Celine Steen and Joni Marie Newman. I just love Celine's creativity, and I'm sure that very comprehensive book will quickly become an indispensable in my kitchen! Thankfully, the wait won't be too long now...

I absolutely cannot live without the The Joy of Vegan Baking cookbook by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau! It is so informative and has so much basic information about changing your baking habits easily. Plus all the great recipes!

To be honest, there isn't ONE vegan cookbook. I rely mostly on vegan cooking blogs and Veganomicon is probably the cookbook I use most often!My 21-year-old daughter has just moved into a vegan co-op house and so if I win this book I'll be sharing it with her!

My partner and I couldn't live without "Vegan Soul Kitchen", by Bryant Terry. Until I discovered this book, she was really missing the flavors she grew up with (though why anyone would miss ox tails and turkey necks, I don't know). Her mother was inspired by the recipes so much, she is considering becoming vegetarian.

I am so excited for this giveaway because I do not have ANY vegan cookbooks yet. Just reading through the comments gives me a lot of ideas, some are already in my amazon cart.

I love looking at vegan blogs and I am always trying to make yummy foods that my family will love without feeling deprived as I drag them along on my new journey! Thanks for inspiring me with your blog!

Sorry, I can't pick just one! It's either Veganomicon or Eat, Drink & Be Vegan. I love them both equally and have made so many recipes out of both. I love ED&BV for the soups especially, and Veganomicon for the salads especially. Both have great entrees, dressings, and desserts. I love how healthy Dreena's recipes are, but I love how V'con is such a complete cookbook...truly the ultimate vegan cookbook as its name proclaims!

I don't know how anyone can live with just one when I have a handful that I rely on:The Joy of Vegan Baking, Veganomican, Vegan with a Vengeance, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, McDougall's Quick and Easy Cookbook, and MANY more. But I've really been enjoying ExtraVeganZa lately.